Wonder why PROGRESSIVES have a hard time trusting what HRC says?
Hillary Clinton is traveling the country, promising to get tough on corporate wrongdoers and “shadow banks.” But as she promises to crack down on investment firms that offer banking services outside the purview of traditional financial regulations, her presidential campaign is vacuuming in cash from executives at a Wall Street firm known as one of the country’s biggest shadow banks — one recently fined by federal regulators for allegedly ripping off its clients.
Last week, the president of Blackstone Group, Tony James, hosted a fundraiser for Clinton. The cash flowed to the Clinton campaign just two months after the private-equity giant settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges that it used so-called monitoring fees to enrich the firm at the expense of investors. Clinton accepted the money from executives at the sanctioned firm even as she has criticized the Obama administration for not punishing the perpetrators of financial crime more strenuously.
The articles further down states
Clinton has ties to some of the key players in the Blackstone entities targeted by the SEC. One of the specific Blackstone investment funds involved in the scheme, SEC documents say, was run by executives James and Laurence Tosi. Just two weeks after the SEC settlement, James — a high-profile defender of shadow banking — touted his support for Clinton. Two months later, as Clinton continued to portray herself as a crusader against corporate crime, James headlined a $33,000-a-person fundraiser for her campaign at his home, according to the Wall Street Journal. James is expected to host another such fundraiser early in 2016, the paper reported.
But yet we progressives are told to trust what she says about her going after the very people bank-rolling her.
Hillary Clinton can NOT be trusted. Yes, she is more trustworthy than anyone from the republican clown car, but should we have to settle for SUCH A LOW BAR for expectations? If so, it is no wonder why so many people have given up on politics.
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The heart and soul of the Democratic party for years to come will be set on what we do in the 2016 primary. The forces of the DNC and Debbie Wasserman are AGAINST the people. Be sure we leave a party that will represent us and our children, for years to come. Don’t let the Democratic party devolve into the party of Reagan Democrats!